Well what can I say, this lens is definitely the most useable lens for me…this is my favourite lens which I carry all the time.Mostly because my photograph is about travel and landscape, so I often prefer to shoot wide angle because it can give me the “sense of place” I need.
I love wide angle also because of the 3 dimensional effects that it gives me by including the foreground in the frame.
Many reviews compare this lens with Sigma 10-20mm, Tamron SP AF 11-18mm, Nikon AFS DX 12-24mm f4, or even the new Tokina 11-16mm. I never try all this lenses, but what I know is that my lens has produce lot of nice photograph for me. It has nice contrast, color saturation and sharp…what else should I complain about? O yeah…there’s one thing that might bother you: purple fringing…when you point your lens to an object that have very high contrast difference, you’ll find this purple fringing there. But, I rarely shoot with this condition though, so it’s not a big problem for me.
You cannot expect more on the built quality...this lens is made of metal, very sturdy and rock solid. You can abuse it anyway you like (like what i did with mine hehehe...)
There are some review that may help you further (or even make you more confuse):
http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/nikkor-12-24mm/review.html
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms/comparison.htm
This lens is whole lot of fun, and i take many picture with this lens, here is some of them:
Nice color with brilliant saturation and contrast
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Yeah...this picture shows you the purple fringing that happen when you shoot in high contrast
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Shooting in low light, during twilight in Chiang Mai
This lens is surely rock solid, the body is made from metal...making it sturdy but little bit heavy
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.Other sample image is available @: http://hyperfocals.blogspot.com/
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